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wifi: nl80211: support MLO in auth/assoc

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For authentication, we need the BSS, the link_id and the AP
MLD address to create the link and station, (for now) the
driver assigns a link address and sends the frame, the MLD
address needs to be the address of the interface.

For association, pass the list of BSSes that were selected
for the MLO connection, along with extra per-STA profile
elements, the AP MLD address and the link ID on which the
association request should be sent.

Note that for now we don't have a proper way to pass the link
address(es) and so the driver/mac80211 will select one, but
depending on how that selection works it means that assoc w/o
auth data still being around (mac80211 implementation detail)
the association won't necessarily work - so this will need to
be extended in the future to sort out the link addressing.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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Johannes Berg 2022-05-31 19:48:33 +02:00
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